NEW YORK—Any good magician can confound his or her audience. But orchestrating things so those attending are nothing less than completely delighted at being completely fooled is an added plus. Such is the case with Derren Brown’s “Secret,” a wonderfully entertaining offering of the unexpected, currently setting up shop at the Cort Theatre on Broadway.
An expert in the field of psychological manipulation, Brown is also an excellent student of human nature. Specifically, he’s able to pick up on the tics, movements, and tension people give off when they’re trying not to reveal anything—from the way shoulders might unconsciously droop in response to a question to the manner in which they might grip an object in their hands, or why they choose to hold the object in one hand instead of the other in the first place!
